US10023001B2 - Method for manufacturing a multilayer data medium with reflecting metallised inscriptions - Google Patents

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US10023001B2
US10023001B2 US15/318,250 US201515318250A US10023001B2 US 10023001 B2 US10023001 B2 US 10023001B2 US 201515318250 A US201515318250 A US 201515318250A US 10023001 B2 US10023001 B2 US 10023001B2
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  • the invention relates to a method of manufacturing a multilayer data medium by hot rolling under pressure of a stack of a plurality of superimposed layers comprising at least one layer of at least one thermoplastic material, said multilayer data medium having inscriptions, named reflecting metallised inscriptions, having a metallic appearance, being at least partially reflective and visible from at least one outer surface of the multilayer data medium, said hot rolling being effected in a temperature range, named rolling temperature range. It extends to the medium thus obtained, to use thereof for the manufacture of an official document, and to an official document thus obtained.
  • Official documents are documents which, by reason of their nature and/or the rights which they can confer, must be protected against attempted forgery and/or counterfeiting and/or to guarantee authentication and/or to guarantee the integrity thereof (i.e. the fact that they have not been tampered with or modified).
  • These documents can be in particular passports, visas, identity cards, driving licences, log books, bank cards, loyalty cards, bank cheques, diplomas, certificates, transport documentation, access control cards, badges, labels, legal documents, contracts, legal registers, land registry documents, trust documents, bank notes, manufacturing drawings or other drawings . . . .
  • Official documents can have inscriptions, such as variable personalising details (first name, surname, address, photo, signature . . . of a holder or parties . . . ) and/or common details (security patterns, character boxes, borders, field names, seals, holograms, signatures, values, . . . ).
  • “inscription” designates any sign or pattern produced on a layer of a document, able to be read by a human and/or a machine (OCR), at least under certain conditions (in particular under normal lighting with visible light; and/or under specific lighting; and/or after activation of an electronic device (screen) or the like . . . ).
  • This may include in particular variable personalising details (first name, civil status, photograph, value, dates . . . ) of a official document or common and/or security details; texts (manually written or printed characters); codes (ASCII, universal codes which are read optoelectronically such as bar codes . . . ); holograms, drawings, images or photographs; spots or blocks of colour . . .
  • security inscriptions to render reproduction or forgery thereof impossible or extremely complex.
  • These security inscriptions can be of the type which are visible in the visible range by simply looking with the naked eye (first-level security); or of the type which can be checked using a specific device such as an ultraviolet lamp (second-level security); or of the type which can be checked only in a certified laboratory (third-level security).
  • paper designates any sheet obtained by a wet method using a suspension of natural cellulose fibres and/or mineral fibres and/or vegetable fibres and/or polymeric synthetic fibres other than cellulose, able to contain various fillers and additives such as are used in paper-making.
  • synthetic paper designates any paper comprising polymeric synthetic fibres other than cellulose.
  • optically superimposed designates layers or portions of layers disposed facing one another such that a ray of light passing through one of them passes through the others.
  • Two layers or portions of layers which are optically superimposed can be physically superimposed in contact with one another, or separated by separating layers or portions of separating layers.
  • the term “at least substantially” indicates, in a conventional manner, that a structural or functional feature does not have to be understood to be marking a sudden discontinuity, which would have no physical sense, but covers not only this structure or this function but also slight variations in this structure or this function which, in the technical context in question, produce an effect of the same nature if not of the same degree.
  • the terms “including/comprising a/one” are synonyms for “including/comprising at least one”.
  • Numerous official documents such as bank cards, identity cards, driving licences, cards for individual access to sites or public transport, passport pages, customs documents, visas, trust documents, bank notes . . . are formed of a multilayer data medium obtained by hot rolling of a plurality of layers of at least one material selected from the group of thermoplastic materials and synthetic papers comprising at least one layer of at least one thermoplastic material.
  • numerous official documents are formed by hot rolling (temperature typically of the order of 150° C. to 200° C.) under pressure (typically of the order of 10 6 Pa to 2 ⁇ 10 6 Pa) of a plurality of polycarbonate layers, a material also having numerous advantages in these applications (rigidity, durability, easy and reliable marking (variable inscriptions, security patterns . . . ), option to produce markings by laser radiation . . . ).
  • the invention thus aims to overcome these disadvantages by proposing a method of manufacturing a multilayer data medium which is hot rolled under pressure, and a data medium thus obtained, incorporating reflecting metallised inscriptions.
  • the invention aims more particularly to permit the production of reflecting metallised inscriptions of which at least a part has a mark width less than 500 ⁇ m, able to form first-level security features (mini-impressions visible to the naked eye) or second-level security features (micro-impressions having a mark width less than 200 ⁇ m not visible to the naked eye and requiring an enlarging instrument such as a magnifying glass). More particularly, the invention aims to permit the production of reflecting metallised inscriptions selected from guilloché, fine-line patterns and raster images.
  • the invention relates to a method of manufacturing a multilayer data medium by hot rolling under pressure of a stack of a plurality of superimposed layers comprising at least one layer of at least one thermoplastic material, said multilayer data medium having inscriptions, named reflecting metallised inscriptions, having a metallic appearance, being at least partially reflective and visible from at least one outer surface of the multilayer data medium, said hot rolling being effected in a temperature range, named rolling temperature range, characterised in that:
  • the invention also relates to a multilayer data medium obtained by a method according to the invention. It thus also relates to a multilayer data medium comprising a plurality of layers superimposed by hot rolling under pressure, in particular in a temperature range, named rolling temperature range, comprising at least one layer of at least one thermoplastic material, said multilayer data medium having inscriptions, named reflecting metallised inscriptions, having a metallic appearance, being at least partially reflective and visible from at least one outer surface of the multilayer data medium:
  • said rolling temperature range is lower than 200° C., in particular between 20° C. and 180° C.
  • the maximum temperature of said rolling temperature range is lower than 200° C., in particular lower than or equal to 180° C., in particular in the case where the layers of said data medium are made of polycarbonate.
  • the varnish composition forming said basic pattern has no detectable glass-transition temperature lower than the maximum temperature of said rolling temperature range.
  • At least a part of said reflecting metallised inscriptions is imprinted with a mark width less than 500 ⁇ m—in particular less than 200 ⁇ m—e.g. of the order of 100 ⁇ m to 150 ⁇ m.
  • at least a part of the reflecting metallised inscriptions comprises patterns selected from guilloché, line patterns and raster images.
  • the reflecting metallised inscriptions are imprinted on the basic pattern with a peripheral overhang of the basic pattern with respect to the reflecting metallised inscriptions—in particular between 0.5 mm and 3 mm, e.g. of the order of 2 mm—about said reflecting metallised inscriptions.
  • the basic pattern has a format smaller than the format of the data medium.
  • the basic pattern thus extends over only part of the surface of the impression layer.
  • the impression layer protects the reflecting metallised inscriptions from the external environment.
  • the impression layer constitutes an outer layer of the multilayer data medium, forming said outer surface thereof.
  • an impression layer of material selected from the group of transparent thermoplastic materials is used.
  • an impression layer of a material selected from the group of transparent polycarbonates, transparent polyesters and transparent PVC is used.
  • said basic pattern is imprinted using a varnish composition selected from the group of ultraviolet-curing transparent acrylic varnishes and volatile solvent-based transparent varnishes containing acrylic binders and at least one curing agent.
  • This varnish composition is also selected to be compatible with the impression layer and with the adjacent layer to which the impression layer is applied before and during hot rolling under pressure.
  • a metallised ink composition comprising reflecting metallised particles selected from vacuum-metallised pigments and reflecting metallic particles.
  • composition of metallised ink comprising reflecting metallised particles having an average grain size between 8 ⁇ m and 11 ⁇ m.
  • Any imprinting technique can be used to imprint the basic pattern and/or reflecting metallised inscriptions, in particular one selected from screen printing, photogravure, flexography, offset printing or the like.
  • a multilayer data medium in accordance with the invention is formed of layers of at least one material selected from the group of thermoplastic materials and synthetic papers.
  • a multilayer data medium in accordance with the invention can advantageously be formed by hot rolling under pressure of a plurality of layers of a thermoplastic material selected from among polycarbonates, PVCs, synthetic papers and mixtures and associations thereof.
  • the invention relates to an official document comprising a data medium in accordance with the invention, of which at least one outer surface has reflecting metallised inscriptions—in particular reflecting metallised inscriptions in accordance with at least one of the features mentioned above or below.
  • An official document in accordance with the invention can in particular be selected from the group formed by passports, passport pages, customs documents, visas, identity cards, driving licences, vehicle registration cards (log books), bank cards, loyalty cards, bank cheques, diplomas, certificates, transport documentation, access control cards, badges, labels, legal documents, contracts, legal registers, land registry documents, trust documents, bank notes, packages and manufacturing drawings.
  • the invention also relates to a method of manufacturing, a data medium and an official document, which are characterised in combination by all or some of the features mentioned above or below.
  • FIGS. 1 a and 1 b are schematic cross-sectional views of an impression layer of a multilayer data medium in accordance with the invention, respectively at the end of two steps of imprinting a basic pattern and reflecting metallised inscriptions, of a method in accordance with the invention,
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a multilayer data medium in accordance with the invention at the end of the hot rolling under pressure step of a method in accordance with the invention
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic top view of an example of a data medium in accordance with the invention.
  • FIG. 2 shows an example of a data medium 10 in accordance with the invention at the end of a hot rolling under pressure step and ready for use, being suitable for undergoing personalising laser marking in order to obtain an official document in accordance with the invention.
  • This data medium 10 is formed of a stack of a plurality of layers superimposed one on another and having been subjected to hot rolling under pressure.
  • the majority of the layers are preferably formed of a thermoplastic material, in particular selected from among polycarbonates, PVCs, polyesters (polyethylene terephthalate PET, polyethylene terephthalate glycol PETG), and co-extruded films of polyester and polycarbonate (PEC).
  • the data medium 10 is formed of a plurality of polycarbonate layers. There is nothing to prevent the data medium incorporating layers of different materials, including layers of a material other than a thermoplastic material, e.g. paper, more particularly synthetic paper. The total number of layers making up a data medium 10 in accordance with the invention is of no significance within the scope of the present invention.
  • the data medium 10 is in the general form of a sheet or card and thus has two opposing outer planar main surfaces and a relatively small thickness.
  • a main surface named the outer surface 11
  • the outer surface 11 is described and has the features of the invention, it being understood that the other outer, main surface can equally have the same features or, in contrast, can have other features. Consequently, it is assumed throughout the following that the surface opposite the outer surface 11 in question is an outer main surface of a base 12 illustrated in cross-section in FIG. 2 , without this implying any limitation whatsoever, such a base 12 possibly not being present and/or itself being formed of a layer or a plurality of layers of various thicknesses, not described in this description.
  • the base 12 can be formed of at least one layer of thermoplastic material selected from among polycarbonates, PVCs, polyesters (polyethylene terephthalate PET, polyethylene terephthalate glycol PETG), co-extruded films of polyester and polycarbonate (PEC), synthetic papers (in particular selected from among the paper sold under the trade mark Teslin® by the company PPG, Monroeville, USA, the paper sold under the trade mark Neobond® by the company Neenah Lahnstein, Lahnstein, Germany, and the paper sold under the trade mark Polyart® by the company Arjobex, Boulogne, France). Other examples are possible.
  • thermoplastic material selected from among polycarbonates, PVCs, polyesters (polyethylene terephthalate PET, polyethylene terephthalate glycol PETG), co-extruded films of polyester and polycarbonate (PEC), synthetic papers (in particular selected from among the paper sold under the trade mark Teslin® by the company PPG, Monroeville, USA, the paper sold under the trade mark Neo
  • the outer surface 11 of the data medium 10 has different markings representing information (common details) and/or constituting security markings intended to reinforce resistance to attempted forgery and/or to prevent reproduction by optical reading.
  • the data medium 10 comprises in particular reflecting metallised inscriptions 23 , i.e. in the example illustrated in FIG. 3 , marking 23 a in the form of guilloché, and marking 23 b in the form of a compass dial.
  • metallised inscriptions 23 i.e. in the example illustrated in FIG. 3
  • marking 23 a in the form of guilloché
  • marking 23 b in the form of a compass dial.
  • numerous other examples are possible.
  • the data medium 10 comprises, starting from the base 12 :
  • the multilayer data medium 10 is manufactured by hot rolling under pressure of a stack of these different layers, the features of this lamination step being selected depending on the nature and features of the different constituent layers of the stack.
  • the hot rolling under pressure can be effected in a rolling press under the following conditions:
  • this hot rolling under pressure has a rolling temperature range between 20° C. and 180° C.
  • numerous other values and conditions for hot rolling under pressure are possible.
  • the laser-marked sub-layer 20 can extend in the form of a continuous block of colour in the format of the outer surface 11 (except for possible peripheral shrinkage); or, in contrast, it can be applied in the form of a plurality of distinct, separate portions, at least facing locations intended to receive laser marking, or only facing these locations. It can be formed of a thickness of a varnish imprinted with an ink composition incorporating a marking agent sensitive to the laser radiation and/or be selected from among the films sold in a state ready to be laser-marked, e.g. a film sold under the name Makrofol® ID 6-2 laserable by the company Bayer Materials Science, Leverkusen, Germany.
  • the reflecting metallised inscriptions 23 are produced by imprinting on a transparent basic pattern 24 which is itself imprinted on the impression layer 21 incorporated into a stack of layers used to form the multilayer data medium 10 by hot rolling under pressure.
  • the impression layer 21 can be formed e.g. by a transparent thermoplastic material, in particular selected from among polycarbonates, PVCs, polyesters (polyethylene terephthalate PET, polyethylene terephthalate glycol PETG), and co-extruded films of polyester and polycarbonate (PEC).
  • a transparent thermoplastic material in particular selected from among polycarbonates, PVCs, polyesters (polyethylene terephthalate PET, polyethylene terephthalate glycol PETG), and co-extruded films of polyester and polycarbonate (PEC).
  • PEC polyester and polycarbonate
  • the method of manufacturing the data medium 10 of FIG. 2 comprises the following successive steps.
  • a transparent basic pattern 24 is imprinted on one surface, named the impression surface 22 , of the two surfaces of the impression layer 21 , with shapes and dimensions selected to be able to receive all the reflecting metallised inscriptions 23 .
  • the basic pattern 24 is preferably imprinted in the form of at least one block of colour in the format of an enclosing contour for each surface zone comprising reflecting metallised inscriptions 23 .
  • the transparent basic pattern 24 is imprinted in the format of the enclosing contour of these guilloché patterns with a peripheral overhang 26 around this enclosing contour.
  • the basic pattern 24 is imprinted with a varnish composition permitting a transparent varnish finishing layer to be formed, having an extremely smooth surface 25 with high surface tension, i.e. free of surface flaws (such as an orange peel effect, fish eyes or pin holes) and adapted to have a surface tension of more than 40 dynes/cm and a smooth surface condition with specular reflection of more than 50% measured according to the ISO 2813 standard at an angle of 60°.
  • a varnish composition permitting a transparent varnish finishing layer to be formed, having an extremely smooth surface 25 with high surface tension, i.e. free of surface flaws (such as an orange peel effect, fish eyes or pin holes) and adapted to have a surface tension of more than 40 dynes/cm and a smooth surface condition with specular reflection of more than 50% measured according to the ISO 2813 standard at an angle of 60°.
  • a varnish composition is selected which is free, after curing, of any glass-transition detectable by differential thermal analysis in said rolling temperature range.
  • an ultraviolet-drying varnish composition or acrylic solvent-based varnish composition having more than 90% transparency and being very glossy, e.g. such as that sold under the name UVLG6 by the company Marabu (www.marabu-druckmaschine.de).
  • the varnish composition can be imprinted on the impression surface 22 of the impression layer 21 , it is transparent, it has the surface condition mentioned above and no glass-transition temperature which can be detected in the rolling temperature range.
  • This layer of transparent varnish forming the basic pattern 24 can be tinted and/or cover a layer of tinted varnish previously produced (not shown in the figures), permitting the metallic effect obtained to be modified.
  • an ultraviolet-drying transparent varnish composition such as mentioned above, in which 1% to 25% of an ultraviolet-drying ink, e.g. a yellow coloured ink or one such as sold by the company Tiflex (Poncin, France) under the reference 3*5559 is added.
  • an ultraviolet-drying transparent varnish composition such as mentioned above, in which 1% to 25% of an ultraviolet-drying ink, e.g. a yellow coloured ink or one such as sold by the company Tiflex (Poncin, France) under the reference 3*5559 is added.
  • an ultraviolet-drying transparent varnish composition such as mentioned above, in which 1% to 25% of an ultraviolet-drying ink, e.g. a yellow coloured ink or one such as sold by the company Tiflex (Poncin, France) under the reference 3*5559 is
  • the reflecting metallised inscriptions 23 are imprinted on the smooth surface 25 of the basic pattern 24 .
  • a composition of reflecting metallised ink as indicated e.g. by WO 2010/125316 or U.S. Pat. No. 8,526,086 is used.
  • a reflecting metallised ink composition comprising a filler of reflecting metallised particles having a reflecting metallic appearance, dispersed in a curable binding composition which can be formed of a traditional transparent imprinting ink, e.g. a transparent solvent-based ink composition sold by the company Mistral Graphic (Carcassonne, France).
  • the reflecting metallised ink layer is imprinted like a traditional ink layer, on the surface 25 of the varnish layer forming the pattern 24 from low to high surface tension and having a very smooth surface, in particular a surface tension of more than 40 dynes/cm and a smooth surface condition with specular reflection of more than 50% measured according to the ISO 2813 standard at an angle of 60°.
  • Said filler of reflecting metallised particles can incorporate particles generally in the form of platelets, e.g. in the form of petals, chips or shards, which have themselves previously been manufactured by vacuum metallisation.
  • Such particles can be obtained by vacuum sublimation and metallic aluminium vaporisation on a medium such as a polyester film, the fine aluminium layer obtained then being detached from the medium then ground to the desired grain size, in particular between 8 ⁇ m and 11 ⁇ m, with a thickness of the order of 300 Angströms corresponding to that of the deposited aluminium layer.
  • the metallised particle filler can incorporate metallised particles selected from among the composition of metallised pigments sold under the name Xymara Metasheen® by the company Ciba (Basel, Switzerland), and the composition of metallised pigments sold under the name StarBrite® by the company Silberline (Leven, United Kingdom).
  • These reflecting metallised particles are used in sufficient quantity in the imprinting composition to obtain, depending on the imprinting process used, the desired reflecting effect after imprinting and curing.
  • the quantity of metallised filler particles in the imprinting composition is between (proportions by volume) 5% and 15%, in particular of the order of 10%.
  • Such a layer of metallised ink is reflective and opaque and can as such have properties similar to those of vacuum deposition of metal. For example, it makes it possible to increase by the order of 80% the optical reflecting power of visible light of the film.
  • the invention makes it possible to precisely adjust the reflection and opacity properties of this reflecting metallised ink layer according to different values depending on the application. By decreasing the quantity of the metallised particle filler, the reflectivity and opacity of the reflecting metallised inscriptions 23 is decreased. In contrast, by increasing the quantity of this filler, the reflectivity and opacity are increased.
  • an imprinting composition comprising a cured binder incorporating at least one dye which is soluble in organic solvents such as those sold by CIBA (Basel, Switzerland) under the name Ciba OROSOL.
  • a silver mirror effect is obtained without addition of dyes to the imprinting composition comprising the reflecting metallised particles.
  • yellow-orange-tinted dyes are used; in order to obtain a chrome-like appearance, blue-tinted dyes are used; in order to obtain a nickel-like appearance, green-tinted dyes are used; and in order to obtain a copper-like appearance, red-orange-tinted dyes are used.
  • the reflecting metallised particles have average dimensions suitable for permitting imprinting according to the chosen imprinting method with the precision and quality required.
  • the metallised particles have an average grain size between 8 ⁇ m and 11 ⁇ m with, in the case of platelets, a thickness of the order of 300 Angströms.
  • the reflecting metallised inscriptions 23 can be produced at least in part with a very high level of fineness, in particular with a mark width less than 500 ⁇ m—preferably less than 200 ⁇ m—e.g. of the order of 100 ⁇ m to 150 ⁇ m.
  • the reflecting metallised inscriptions 23 are imprinted with the provision of a peripheral overhang 26 of the basic pattern 24 around the reflecting metallised inscriptions 23 , i.e. preferably around an enclosing contour thereof.
  • This peripheral overhang 26 is e.g. between 0.5 mm and 3 mm, in particular of the order of 2 mm.
  • the imprinting of the basic pattern 24 and that of the reflecting metallised inscriptions 23 can be effected by any imprinting technique, e.g. one selected from screen printing, photogravure, flexography, offset printing or the like.
  • a layer formed by the transparent impression layer 21 is obtained, bearing the basic pattern 24 and the reflecting metallised inscriptions 23 as shown in FIG. 1 b .
  • This layer can be used in a stack subjected to hot rolling under pressure to form the multilayer data medium 10 , in the manner of any other layer of this stack.
  • the different layers 12 , 19 , 20 and 21 are stacked one on another with the laser-marked sub-layer 20 interposed between the basic layer 19 and the impression layer 21 , and are hot rolled under pressure in a rolling press, the total thickness of the stack decreasing by about 10%, to obtain the multilayer data medium 10 as shown in FIG. 2 , ready for use in order to undergo personalising marking by laser radiation.
  • the reflecting metallised inscriptions 23 are visible, as seen from the outer surface 11 through the thickness of the transparent impression layer 21 and through the transparent basic pattern 24 , with a very pleasing reflecting and metallised effect.
  • the impression layer 21 can be any thermoplastic material covering layer of a multilayer data medium 10 without itself having to have specific surface features (surface tension, surface condition . . . ). It will suffice for the impression layer 21 to permit imprinting of the basic pattern 24 with transparent varnish.
  • a basic pattern 24 is imprinted using a transparent varnish sold under the reference UVLG6 by the company MARABU (France) in the format of the enclosing contour of the reflecting metallised inscriptions 23 to be produced in accordance with FIG. 3 , with a peripheral overhang (not shown in FIG. 3 , the varnish being transparent) of 2 mm of the basic pattern 24 all around this enclosing contour.
  • the layer of varnish of the basic pattern 24 is imprinted with a screen printing screen produced from a fabric with a mesh size of 150 threads/cm, the threads having a diameter of 34 ⁇ m.
  • a glass-transition temperature measurement by differential thermal analysis does not permit a glass-transition temperature of the basic pattern 24 thus formed to be detected after curing thereof.
  • the reflecting metallised inscriptions 23 are imprinted with a reflecting metallised ink composition sold under the reference 3Y2656 by the company Tiflex (Poncin, France).
  • a reflecting metallised ink composition sold under the reference 3Y2656 by the company Tiflex (Poncin, France).
  • 2% to 10% of dye are added to this reflecting metallised ink composition.
  • the reflecting metallised inscriptions 23 are imprinted with a screen printing screen made of a fabric of which the mesh size comprises 120 threads/cm, the threads being of a diameter of 34 ⁇ m.
  • the guilloché 23 a is formed by lines having a width between 100 ⁇ m and 150 ⁇ m.
  • the metallised inscriptions 23 thus imprinted are reflective, seen by transparency from the side of the surface of the polycarbonate sheets which is opposite to the impression surface 22 but that the free surfaces thereof seen from the same side as the impression surface 22 are not reflective.
  • the imprinted polycarbonate sheets are associated with three other polycarbonate sheets interposed between the imprinted polycarbonate sheets so as to form a stack, the imprinted surfaces being placed in contact with the underlying sheets of the stack, i.e. not constituting outer surfaces thereof.
  • the five polycarbonate sheets forming, with the two imprinted sheets, said stack are successively the following: a sheet of 200 ⁇ m white polycarbonate, a sheet of 200 ⁇ m white polycarbonate; a sheet of 200 ⁇ m white polycarbonate.
  • the sheet assembly forming this stack is rolled in a rolling press under the following conditions:
  • a multilayer data medium 10 is obtained in the form of a card, the total thickness of which is equal to the sum of the thicknesses of the polycarbonate sheets used, decreased by about 10%.
  • the reflecting metallised inscriptions 23 retain their metallised and reflecting appearance as seen from the side of the outer surface 11 of the multilayer data medium 10 and that their fineness is in no way adversely affected by the hot rolling under pressure. No smudging or other deformation is perceived.
  • the multilayer data medium obtained has reflecting metallised inscriptions but with deformation and thickening of the lines.
  • the multilayer data medium obtained has reflecting metallised inscriptions but with deformation and thickening of the lines.
  • the invention can cover numerous variant embodiments and applications other than those described above and illustrated in the figures.
  • the reflecting metallised inscriptions 23 can be used in different forms and in different applications including to produce holographic patterns.

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